The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ManagementW.S. Orr, 1851 - 458 pages |
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Page 12
... sure means of capture : for the way in which Turtle - Doves are thus spoken of , as equivalent to Pigeons , and as if always obtainable , shows plainly , I think , that the for- СНАР . І. ] ANCIENT DOMESTICATION . 13 mer bird 12 [ CHAP ...
... sure means of capture : for the way in which Turtle - Doves are thus spoken of , as equivalent to Pigeons , and as if always obtainable , shows plainly , I think , that the for- СНАР . І. ] ANCIENT DOMESTICATION . 13 mer bird 12 [ CHAP ...
Page 43
... sure to satisfy the wants of the community . It is best to provide one of each . Of the latter kind none can be preferable to that described in the " Treatise , " af- fording , as it does , opportunity for a lecture on Hydro- statics ...
... sure to satisfy the wants of the community . It is best to provide one of each . Of the latter kind none can be preferable to that described in the " Treatise , " af- fording , as it does , opportunity for a lecture on Hydro- statics ...
Page 59
... sure to die . Some- times , of two squabs , one will go on growing like a mushroom or a puff - ball , and the other will keep as it was , till the thrifty one weighs six or eight times as much as its brother or sister on which the spell ...
... sure to die . Some- times , of two squabs , one will go on growing like a mushroom or a puff - ball , and the other will keep as it was , till the thrifty one weighs six or eight times as much as its brother or sister on which the spell ...
Page 63
... sure sign that hatching is about to take place . The object is pro- bably to keep the young squabs from contact with their own accumulated dung ; otherwise it is very apt to clog their feet , and hang in hardened pellets to each claw ...
... sure sign that hatching is about to take place . The object is pro- bably to keep the young squabs from contact with their own accumulated dung ; otherwise it is very apt to clog their feet , and hang in hardened pellets to each claw ...
Page 66
... sure to be broken , and every effort which has been made to hatch these eggs under domestic fowls has failed , the egg having in every instance been broken by the bird under which it was placed . " * What need of a firm shell for an egg ...
... sure to be broken , and every effort which has been made to hatch these eggs under domestic fowls has failed , the egg having in every instance been broken by the bird under which it was placed . " * What need of a firm shell for an egg ...
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